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I'm pretty sure I asked about Luke 14:26. Was the original language, "hate?" And, if it was, does that mean the same thing in our English? How about the "camel and the eye of a needle" saying?

Well, I'll go you one better and say that I don't see that "rapture" notion even mentioned in the Bible.

Pure assumptions on your part.... that is one of the things that keep getting people into trouble. And I do believe Abraham lied to save his own skin, putting another man in danger of seriously sinning with his wife.... not once, but twice... with different men. We really do need to read the...

That is why I asked you if you speak any other languages. "Word-for-word" translation of most any language into another, especially English, is probably the most prone to error that there is. Go compare Luke 14:26. TPT to KJV.

"Everything" needs to be addressed. But you don't sharpen your knife and load your gun on the way to the discussion table...…….. unless you never had any intention of dialogue.

My opinion of many of them plummeted when we had that fiasco over The Shack a couple of weeks ago. Such hatred!

This is also part of what Biblegateway says about their book: "There is no such thing as a truly literal translation of the Bible, for there is not an equivalent language that perfectly conveys the meaning of the biblical text. It must be understood in its original cultural and linguistic...

As I said, considering the way we have butchered the meanings of many Biblical words, ("doctrine" and "repent" are just two examples), it doesn't even faze me to see people calling words in our vocabularies different things. Most people even think Empathy and Sympathy are synonymous. BTW, I...

Thank you. I know Al personally, and should have known better than to take him seriously. :eek:

BTW, don't get side tracked by the word, "doctrine" in my last post. We have thoroughly butchered the Biblical meaning of that word.

There are three main types of Bible translations: word-for-word, thought-for-thought and paraphrase. A word-for-word translation attempts to translate each Hebrew or Greek word into a corresponding English word. However, some consider a word-for-word translation harder to understand...

Do you speak any other languages?

Interestingly enough, I have always believed that if a person could not read any particular Scripture, and then explain the essence of it to someone else, in his own words, then (I feel) he probably never really understood the Scripture in the first place. To me, this represents the majority of...

Click on "MEMBERS" above, and you will be shown eight categories of posters who have the "most" of various things. I guess THOSE are the "ratings?"

As long as you are satisfied with what you have read, then we both remain happy. But, from the first time I read that parable, it bothered me that one man was condemned for being rich (especially since Abraham, himself, was rich), and the other man was rewarded for being a beggar.

I hope he would tell us who the 12 gates are keeping out...… OR, are they keeping US locked in? (But, aren't they "always open?" I wonder why even mention them?) And, why are there "12"? Could it be that "the 12" (the Apostles) were the initial ways first leading into the "church", which...

Some of you like "Fill-In-The Blank" exercises...… (The long link directly below is one.)...

Yeah! I mean, REALLY.... Have you ever given any thought to walking around all day on hard, hot streets of gold.... Rather than walking on lush grass and beautiful beach sand as God actually intended us to do?

Well, it would certainly put the top of the wall way into outer space... which begins at about 62 miles above sea level. (Almost 1,400 miles into space.)

Humm, the square mile footprint of the New Jerusalem = less than 2M. The square mile footprint of the USA is about 3.797M All the saints who ever lived on the entire Earth for thousands and thousands of years are going to be crammed into an area about 5/8 of the size of America? The land mass...